Our thoughts and prayers are with all others impacted by this tragedy. The hammer throw event uses a heavy hammer weight attached to a grip by a steel wire. Compared to discus, shotput and javelin ...

In the more familiar hammer throw, contested outdoors at events like the Olympics, competitors spin around in a circle to build momentum and then release a heavy ball on a chain, which is known as ...

The so-called hammer in the hammer throw event is actually a heavy ball on a chain.KRDO reported that the man killed was identified as 57-year-old Wade Langston. He was the father of a competitor ...